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PATENTED MAY 10.41904.

T. S. USHER.

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APPLIOATION rILnn JULY 6. 190s.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented May 10, 1904. i

PATENT OFFICE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 759,777, dated May 10, 1904.

Application filed July 6, 1903. Serial No. 164,757. (No model.)

T0 all whom, if; may con/cern.-

Be it known that l, THOMAS STOKon Usuari, a subject oit' the King of Great Britain, and a resident of Brantford, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion or' Canada, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Ta-y bles, of which the following is a specilication.

My invention is an improvement in tables, more particularly such as are adapted for use in playing cards, and are so constructed that they may be knocked down and packed in small places for storage or shipment.

The invention is embodied in the improved construction of the supports for the table and the attachment of the same to the table-top.

The invention is applicable in the main to camp-stools which are provided with a flexible top or seat portion.

The details of construction, arrangement, and combination of parts are as hereinafter described, reference being had to accompany* ings, in which Figure l is a perspective view oil a table embodying' my invention. Fig. 2 is a hori- Zontal section oi' the legs or supports for the table and the improved joint by which they are connected. Fig. 3 is a vertical section oi' the part shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view, part being in section, of the under side of one corner of the table-top. Fig. 5 is a vertical section of a portion ot' the tabletop, illustrating the attachment of one of the legs thereto. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a band adapted to form a part of the joint between the table-legs.

The rectangular table-top l is provided with a pending' rim 2, which, as shown in Figs. 4L and 5, is provided in each corner with a socket 3, adapted to receive the spherical end or knob 4, (see Fig' 5,) formed on the upper end of each of the'legs 5. The legs 5 are detaehably secured in the socket by means of a swinging device 6, which is in the nature of a button, the same being pivoted tothe under side of the table-top and so shaped at its free end as to properly engage the knob or ball Li. When the said device 6 is in the position indicated by full lines, Figs. 4 and 5, the tableleg is locked thereby, and when in the position shown by dotted lines, Fig. 4f, the leg is re- 50 leased.

As shown, the legs 7, which are liour in number, are made cylindrical. In other words, they are formed oi cylindrical rods. They are connected at the middle oi their length by 5 5 a joint of peculiar construction. As shown in Figs. l, 2, and 3, a rectangular oblong wooden block 8 is arranged centrally between the four legs and surrounded by a metal band 9, which is provided with an opening in each of its the screws l0 which pass through the legs 7 70 are not screw-thrcaded, but smooth, and form pivots for the legs, whereby the latter are adapted to be turned inward or outward, as required to adapt them to fold in a parallel position or to be extended at diiierent angles, 75

as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. By this construction and combination ot parts I form a very simple, yet strong, durable, and effective joint between the several legs 7. It will be seen that the legs may be easily attached and 8O detached and that they areinterchangeable, also that by reason of their cylindrical form and the manner in which they are pivoted at the joint they are adapted to assume a greater angle to each other than would be practicable S5 ii' they were rectangular in cross-section.

'in Fig. 6 l show a modilied form of the band, which is indicated by 9. 1t diil'ers from `that illustrated in Figs. l, 2, and 3 simply in the extension or' its length by one-fourth. 90

In other words, it is oil such length that one extremity overlaps the other, the two being provided with coincident holes. This construction enables the band to be applied and detached with greater facility.

It will be seen that the legs 7 may be lfolded or turned in either direction-that is to say, to the right or left.

(See Fig.

exible metal band made of such length that it passes around the block and overlaps one side thereof, and provided with holes in its four sides and another` in the overlapping' portion, and screws passing through the legs, also the bandvincluding its lap, and the nuts, as shown and described.

THOMAS STOKOE USHER.

lVitnesses EDNA LIDDELL, DAVID VA'rsoN. 

